It is apparently very much cheaper than expanded storage, and it is being talked about more as an alternative to pseudo-DASD for some medium-volume uses than as slower main storage
--jg. On 8/30/12, McKown, John <john.mck...@healthmarkets.com> wrote: > That was my first thought too. However, at least in the later modules, > Expanded Storage was simply regular storage which was so configured. I.e. > you could change Expanded Storage to normal Storage and vice versa. The > Flash Express storage, from another poster, is actually implemented in an > SSD drive inside the box. From his description, it was like the SSD drives > you can buy. Makes me wonder why IBM did not implement it on an SSD PCIe > card. An SSD drive is normally connected via a 6 Gbs SATA connection. Which > requires a SATA card. The PCIe puts the SSD directly on the PCIe card along > with the controller processor. > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets(r) > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone * > john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] >> On Behalf Of Dana Mitchell >> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 9:34 AM >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> Subject: Re: The IBM zEnterprise EC12 announcment >> >> Is it just me, or is Flash Express not all that different than >> Expanded Storage ala 3090? >> >> Dana >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
